Our food experts have consulted the crystal ball, and here's what we see on our tables in the year to come.

1. Middle Eastern Food

1. Middle Eastern Food

Last year’s best-selling cookbook Jerusalem helped build up steam for a taste of the Mideast. Signature dishes — skewered meat, tahini and yogurt sauces, smoky eggplant dips, lentil stews, hummus, and tabbouleh salads — all go nicely with other trends we’ve been watching: family-style dishes, lots of veggies, grains, and legumes in the center of the plate, and Greek yogurt in everything. This year’s kale salads will be sprinkled with pomegranate seeds, slices of dates, and chunks of feta. New seasonings to add to your spice rack: za’atar and Aleppo pepper. Even breakfast menus will be affected: Instead of an omelet, order shakshuka, eggs poached in spicy tomato sauce.

2. Craft Sodas

2. Craft Sodas

The only question we have about this one is: What took it so long to emerge? After all, hasn’t it always seemed kind of weird to wash down organic carrots and line-caught tuna with a Diet Coke? These artisanal soft drinks are made with cane sugar instead of corn syrup and natural flavorings from roots, berries, fruits, and even vegetables. It shouldn’t be long before Coke and Pepsi introduce their own versions.